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A/N: Somebody asked how this story was true. Frost Valley is an actual place and the events in the story actually happened in December of 2003. Hermione is playing the role of me and Draco is playing the role of...well, I'm not sure if he wants his name up here. So, I actually went to Frost Valley for three days and that actually happened. A boy who used to tease me a LOT was nice during the trip and I took advantage of it, we got into a major fight, but before we left, we made up. Everything is true. (Except for the airplane part and the part where Voldemort was in America) We weren't on airplanes, we were on buses.
Anyway, somebody else asked me to do one final long chapter instead of a sequel because she wanted to know how the story ends. Well, I thought of it and it's not going to be REALLY long, but I hope it's enough. Please review at the end! If you have any questions, leave it in a review and I'll e-mail you the answer. Or you can just e-mail me if you want. It's the final chapter. Well, here it goes...

-------Epilogue-------

Well, the first day back at school, Draco was nice, but he still made jokes about Hermione. She told him to stop but he wouldn't, she finally got tired of it and stopped talking to him. Later that day, her friends forced her to owl him and she did. He sent a reply saying he was sorry and she accepted and forgave him. This went on everyday for the next two weeks. When Christmas break came, Hermione went home to visit her family and told them nothing about Frost Valley besides that she went. Draco and her were still fighting (from the day before she left) and she gave him until the week after she came back for him to apologize. Draco didn't owl Hermione over the Christmas break but she didn't really expect him to. She came back and on the very last day she would give him, her friends told him about what Hermione said. He said he was sorry and she didn't think it was enough because her friends had to tell him to apologize. But he sincerely meant it so she forgave him. There were many fights where Draco didn't even know Hermione was mad at him (A/N: Kinda stupid of Draco...huh?) but he apologized when he FINALLY found out. Hermione got sick of always forgiving him. She thought 'true friends shouldn't have to say they're sorry because they shouldn't have done whatever they're sorry for in the first place.' She knew that people weren't perfect and they make mistakes but they shouldn't make THAT many mistakes, (some friend, huh? {Draco, not Hermione.}) She always forgave him saying it would be the last time but he would always end up doing something stupid. There were a few things Hermione will never forget from her "friendship" with Draco.

-------Owling letters back and forth (this is the conversation)-------

Draco: now I promise not to say anything about you and we can be friends like we were in Frost Valley
Hermione: I tried to do that...
Hermione: but sure
Hermione: why not?
Draco: promise?
Hermione: I'm promising
Draco: pinky promise?
Hermione: I'm promising
Hermione: so, you promise?
Hermione: no more jokes, ok?
Hermione: 'cuz not a single "dis" came out of your mouth at Frost Valley
Draco: I swear on my grandfather's grave
Hermione: fine
Draco: promise?
Hermione: promise
Draco: ok
Draco: done and simple
Hermione: ok
Hermione: that means no more disses, insults, all that junk
Hermione: ok?
Draco: yup
Hermione: you promise?
Draco: yes I do
Hermione: 'cuz as soon as one dis, insult etc. comes out of your mouth, it's over
Hermione: and I'm serious
Draco: I promise
Hermione: ok
Hermione: good
Hermione: I promise too
Hermione: that means no more "sorry, had to get it out of my system"
Draco: deal
Hermione: not even that
Hermione: ok?
Draco: kk
Hermione: good

See that? Well, not a week later, he went and pulled a crack about her face during Potions and she got so mad. She told all of her friends that she wouldn't forgive him this time because last time was the ABSOLUTE last time. But Draco didn't even know that Hermione was mad at him. So during lunch one day, Hermione's friends called Draco over and Hermione started talking to him (well, trying to talk rather than yell). She still had the parchment that he wrote to her on.

"Remember this? Oh I promise never to insult you again. Some promise! Well, guess what? It's over!" With that, Hermione stormed out of the Great Hall.

A few days later, Draco said he was really sorry but Hermione still wouldn't forgive him. Well, great friends Hermione has, they were on his side. They weren't talking to her unless she forgave Draco. So eventually she had to forgive him...for the so-called "last time".

That was only one thing Hermione will never forget...

-------February 10th, 2004-------

Hermione was in her room, she was bored so she decided to call none other than Draco Malfoy (A/N: I know wizards don't have phones but let's just say they do for this one...ok?). Well, the conversation was normal, nothing too exciting. He insulted her a few times. She told him to stop. Once he did it again, she said that she would hang up. He said "You wouldn't." think that Hermione would never do such a thing. Hermione simply responded "Oh, I would." Draco still didn't think she would so he said "Sure you would." Hermione said "Wanna bet?" and of course, Draco never turning down a bet, said "Sure, but I'm telling you, you wou-" he got cut of from Hermione hanging up. Hermione called him back to say "I told you so." But when she called, he said in an chinese accent "Why you call? What you want? You want chicken or shrimp?" Hermione knew it was him and said "Draco, I know it's you, stop it." But he just kept saying "Who's Draco? I'm a Chinese man. I no Draco."

"Stop, or I'm going to hang up and this time, I WON'T forgive you when you're sorry. I'm dead serious." Hermione warned.

"Stop what? What you order!?!?!" Draco said trying not to laugh.

That was it, Hermione hung up. Then she called Draco again to see if he would apologize now that he knew she was serious about what she meant.

"Hello?" Draco answered.

"Draco?!" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Draco asked innocently. (A/N: Yeah, sure, innocent, yeah right laugh snort laugh)

"Whatever," Hermione said "If you just apologize for the Chinese dude thing, I won't be mad, so are you sorry?"

"Sorry for what?"

"For pretending you were some Chinese dude at a restaurant."

"I didn't pretend I was some Chinese dude at a restaurant."

"Yes, you did."

"No, I didn't."

"Yes, you did. Admit it and I won't be mad at you"

"Hermione, I didn't–"Once again he was cut off by Hermione hanging up. Hermione threw the phone on her bed and let out an angry breath. Her phone rang. She knew it was him so she didn't pick up. Her answering machine came on and then it stopped (because he hung up). It rang again...same thing happened. After she ignored it for about five times, it rang again and she picked up knowing if she didn't, he wouldn't stop calling.

"WHAT?!?!?" Hermione asked furiously.

"Why didn't you pick up?" Draco asked. "And why did you hang up?"

"Oh my god! You are so clueless!" Hermione said. "I'm not forgiving this time!" and with that she hung up.

A month passed and Hermione still didn't talk to Draco. He must have had a short memory because he didn't remember that Hermione was mad at him so he didn't apologize. All of Hermione's friends were really annoyed by her because all she talked about during meals was "I can't believe him!" and "Why didn't he apologize yet?" and "He is so ANNOYING!". They told her and she apologized. They said they would accept if she would try not to talk about him so much. Parvati finally went to Malfoy one day and told him that he better apologize because all she ever talked about was how he never apologized. He came up with a plan to apologize and he told Parvati the plan and he made her PROMISE not to tell Hermione.

"Fine whatever." Parvati said.

The next day during breakfast, Draco gave something to Parvati to give to Hermione. It was a colored 'S'. Hermione wasn't stupid. She knew what his plan was. He was going to give her an o, two r's and a y by the end of the day. During lunch, he gave her the o.

"You know, Malfoy, you could just say you're sorry, you don't need it to be all that good or anything. I really don't care." Hermione said.

"Yeah, but it's the 'cool' way" Draco responded.

"But I don't care if you're cool or not. Just say 'I'm sorry, Hermione.' And mean it and I'll forgive you. I'm serious, that's all it takes." Hermione said.

"But I wanna be cool; it has to be the cool way." Draco said.

'Oh my god! Nobody cares if he wants to be cool, I liked it when he was just...him.' Hermione thought. "Oh my god! It doesn't have to be the cool way because I seriously just want you to say I'm sorry Hermione straight out! If you have to be all cool about it maybe I'm not cool enough for you because I don't want it like this. I really don't care about this whole plan with the letters. Maybe you're too cool for me because I think it's stupid! That was the problem in the first place! You don't care about me! Or our friendship! All you care about is looking cool so people don't think differently! You're too self-obsessed! That's why I hated you in the first place! AND I KNOW HOW STRONG THE WORD HATE IS!" Hermione stormed out of the Great Hall and just ran to the girls' restroom because she knew he couldn't go in there.

The next day Hermione forgave Draco because he said "I'm sorry" and she was forced against her will to forgive him anyway. She swore that it would be the LAST TIME!

-------The 3rd thing she would never forget-------

Hermione would never forget all of the rumors about her and Draco going out or liking each other. She hated them and wanted them to end. But they never ended because once they were dying out, someone would start them again. One time in advanced Potions while Snape was out of the room, Hermione heard Roger from Hufflepuff say to another boy "Did you hear who Malfoy's going out with?" the boy said "No, who?" Roger replied "Hermione Granger."

Hermione got so mad she yelled, "THAT IS SO NOT TRUE! YOU HAVE BEEN THE ONES MAKING UP THE RUMORS. DRACO AND I ARE FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING MORE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE! I DO NOT LIKE DRACO AS ANYTHING MORE THAN A FRIEND AND IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY!!!" She was about to just punch him in the face but she couldn't risk the detention and point deduction.

Later that night, she was thinking of all of the rumors and she thought. 'Isn't it crazy how people believe things that aren't true and I know it's not. But they believe it so much, I'm starting to believe it...'

-------The last thing-------

The last day of school came and Hermione didn't know why, but before she left, she had an urge to kiss Draco, she just wanted to kiss him. But she didn't, she couldn't, but she regretted not kissing him. Maybe she was starting to like him...

It was July 1st, Hermione sat down in her bed, she hasn't talked to Draco since the last day of school and she kind of missed him. But then again, she hated him. It was just so confusing. So she took out a journal and started writing to him...a letter that she wouldn't actually give him, she just had to get it out of her system.

1 – July

Draco,
Even thought you will probably never get this note, I could not sleep until I wrote it. Every night as I lie in bed, I wonder what it would be like if you weren't nice to Heather or me at Frost Valley. One moment I ha- loathe you for it and every night I know that my life would probably be so much easier and less confusing if you kept being mean. I know I thought you were really annoying but it would have been so much easier because the school year is over! And I wouldn't have given a second thought to you!!! But you were nice and I took advantage of it. All those rumors, all those tears. I hate it! I can't take it! Rumors never die! Not in my mind anyway. All of you mean insults would have just passed my mind, but rumors are different. I know you told me not to care what other people think of me...But I can't help it. I'm not sure if I can trust you anymore...whenever I did, I got hurt. I don't want to get hurt. I don't want to just forget our whole friendship. All the fights and make-ups. I'm sick of it. But I can't. I don't know why. I want to though, but I can't stop thinking of you. Draco, I think I love you.

Hermione L. Granger